Spiral bindery table



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M'Wda United States atent Ofiliee '2,841,291 Patented July 1, 1958SPIRAL BINDERY TABLE Frances Warren Adams, Garbondale, ill.

Application November 8, 1955, Serial No. 545,636

2 Claims. (Cl. 211 134) This invention relates to the binding of booksor pamphlets and has special reference to a folio assem'bly meanspreferably termed a spiral bindery table.

ln the binding of a book or pamphlet a number of pages are printed andfolded so that the numerical sequence of these pages is in properrelation to each other in each package. These packages are termed foliosand in assembling a complete book or pamphlet these folios are packed inproper order one after the other and placed in proper sequentialrelation.

It is a principal object of the present invention to provide means forconveniently bringing these folios in sequential order one after anotherbefore a person assembles the sets of folios necessary to form acomplete pamphlet or book.

A second important object of the invention is to provide means for doingthis wherein the printed and folded folios will be brought in regularorder in front of the person whose duty it is to assemble the same toform the pamphlet or book.

A third important object of the invention is to provide means forcarrying these folios past the assembling point in such a manner as toavoid errors in the sequential assembling of the folios.

With the above and other objects in view, the invention consists ingeneral of certain novel details of construction and combinations ofparts hereinafter fully described, illustrated in the accompanyingdrawings, and particularly claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, like characters of reference indicate likeparts, and:

Fig. l is a perspective view of a device constructed in accordance withthis invention.

Fig. 2 is a plan view thereof.

Fig. 3 is a section on the line 3 3 of Fig. 2.

Fig. 4 is a section on the line 4 4 of Fig. 3.

Fig. S is an enlarged fragmentary view looking outwardly on the line 5 5of Fig. 3.

Fig. 6 is an enlarged plan view of a portion of the stationary platformof this invention and showing the manner of assembling the sectionsthereof.

Fig. 7 is a section on the line 7 7 of Fig. 5.

Fig. S is an enlarged detailed section on the line 8 8 of Fig. 6.

Fig. 9 is a detailed section on the line 9 9 of Fig. 8.

Fig. 10 is an enlarged detailed section on the line 1;@ 10 of Fig. 3.

ln the construction of this invention there is provided a cylindricalbase 10 intended to rest on a table or other platform as indicated at11. From the upper edge of the cylinder 10 extend a series of segmentalplatforms 12 preferably called the assembly platforms. These platforms12 are all in the same horizontal plane and are connected together endto end so as to form a complete circular platform open at its center.The ends of these members 12 extend circumstantially radial from theaxis of the device and fitted between adjacent ends is a T-member 13,the inner end of which is bent downwardly as at 14 to lie closelyagainst the inner face of the member 10. This downwardly projecting end14 is secured to the inner face of the member 10 by means of a clip 15attached to the member 10 by screws 16, which pass through flanges 17 ofthe said clip. Similarly the outer ends of the members 13 are held inposition to connect to adjacent members 12 by means of clips 18 securedto the under sides of the members 12 by screws 19 passing throughflanges 20 formed on the clips.

Extending axially upward through the member 10 is a pipe support 21 atthe lower end of which is a disc 22 braced to the pipe support bydiagonal braces 23 running from the support to the outer edges of thedisc 22. This support 21 extends well above the platform 12, and isthere provided with a series of radially extending arms 24 projectingfrom the member 21 in a spiral arrangement and supported on these armsis a spiral platform 25. The convolutions of the platform 2S are ofuniform diameter.

The member 21 may, if desired, be formed of a pair of semi-circularsections 26, held together by clips 27.

With the construction formed in this manner, the inner support,including the spiral platform and the central post, is freely rotatable.As the folios come from the printing and folding operations they areplaced in succession on the several convolutions of the spiral support.Those employed in assembling these folios take position around the maintable formed by the members 12. The spiral folio support can then berotated and as each folio passes before one of the persons assemblingthe book or pamphlet, he picks olf one after the other and utilizes thetable formed by the members 12 to jog these folios into proper edgerelations.

It will be noted that by reason of the spiral formation of the folioplatform one is not apt to overlook any folio that comes before him andthe misassembly of the folio is thereby greatly prevented.

It is obvious that minor changes may be made in the form andconstruction of this invention without departing from the materialprinciples thereof. It is not therefore desired to confine the inventionto the exact form herein shown and described, but it is wished toinclude all such as properly come Within the scope claimed.

What is claimed as new is:

1. In a device of the kind described, a base, a jogging platform,supported by said base, and a rotary folio carrier mounted centrally ofand projecting upwardly from said platform, said 'base consisting of acylindrical member and said platform consisting of arcuately segmentalportions surrounding the base and supported therefrom, the support forsaid segmental platform portions consisting of T-members having theirwebs interposed between adjacent segments and the edges of the segmentsresting on the flanges of the T-members, said T-members extending overthe top edges of the cylindrical base and down against the insidethereof, said segments and the lbase being secured to the T-members byclips straddling the flanges of the T-member and having terminalportions connected respectively to said segments and the base.

2. ln a device of the kind described, a base, a jogging platform,supported by said base, and a rotary folio carrier mounted centrally ofand projecting upwardly from said platform, said base consisting of acylindrical member and said platform consisting of arcuately segmentalportions surrounding the base and supported :tween adjacent segments andthe edgesrof the segments restingon the flanges of the T-nglembers, saidT-members extending Yover the Stop edges of the cylindrical base anddown against the inside thereofysaid segments and the base being seuredto theT-members by clips straddling the flanges ofV the YT-naeniber andhaving terminal portions `connected respectively to said Segments andthe base.

References Cited inthe file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS z'Butcher Jan. 27, 1885 Jolly Feb. 19, 19,01 Ankers Sept. -6, `1904Hoiland June 4, V1918 Y Toppingjetalr.V Jan. 26, 1926 Y Clegg Apr. 19,1932 Krawitz July 5, 1932 Slater June 14,-1936 Mitchell Apr.V 28, 1942Meyer et al June 15 1948

